Rote Säule

#375 among destinations in Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Rote Säule or Rote Saile is a mountain, 2,820 metres high on the Wallhornkamm in the Venediger Group. Its summit is accessible from Prägraten via the Sajat Hut and from there via an only slightly exposed normal route via the Saukopf or up a klettersteig with two climbing options. In the other direction the Rote Säule may be gained via the Kreuzspitze and the Schernerskopf from the Eissee Hut in the Timmel valley via the col of Zopetscharte and the Tulpspitze. To the south is the Obere Saukopf. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 47°2'23"N, 12°20'59"E

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Rote Säule – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Großvenediger, Schlatenkees, Rainerhorn, Lasörling.

4.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Großvenediger
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4.2 miN
Natural feature
Schlatenkees, National parks of Austria
108 min walk • The Schlatenkees is a glacier in the Venediger Group that is in the core zone of the High Tauern National Park, east of the Großvenediger. It is in the East Tyrolean community of Matrei in Osttirol.
4.3 miN
Mountain
Rainerhorn, National parks of Austria
109 min walk • The Rainerhorn is a mountain in the Venediger Group. It is 3,559 m high.
4.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lasörling
113 min walk • The Lasörling is a mountain, 3,098 m, and the highest summit in the eponymous range that stretches from the Virgental to the Defereggental valleys opposite the Großvenediger.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Großer Geiger
107 min walk • The Großer Geiger, formerly also called the Obersulzbacher Venediger and Heiliggeistkogel, is a mountain, 3,360 m, in the Venediger Group in the main chain of the Central Tauern.
4.2 miNW
Natural feature
Venediger Group, National parks of Austria
107 min walk • The Venediger Group is a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Granatspitze Group, the Glockner Group, the Goldberg Group, and the Ankogel Group, it forms the main ridge of the High Tauern.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Simonyspitzen
121 min walk • The Simonyspitzen are two mountain summits in the Venediger Group of the Austrian Central Alps. They lie within the High Tauern National Park on the border between the Austrian states of East Tyrol and Salzburg.
4.4 miS
Natural feature
Lasörling Group, National parks of Austria
113 min walk • The Lasörling Group is a subgroup of the Central Alps within the Eastern Alps. The boundaries of this mountain range in East Tyrol are principally delineated by the valleys of the Virgental in the north and the Defereggental in the south.
2.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hoher Eichham
73 min walk • The Hoher Eichham, at 3,371 m, is the most dominant mountain in the southeastern part of the Venediger Group in the High Tauern in Austria. Four arêtes radiate from its summit towards the north, east, south and southwest. To the southeast is the glacier of Nilkees and, to the northeast, is the Hexenkees.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Malhamspitzen
110 min walk • The Malhamspitzen are the four peaks of a mighty massif on the Maurerkamm, an Alpine mountain chain in the Venediger Group in Austria's High Tauern National Park. They rise south of the Reggentörl and are only separated from one another by small cols.
4.8 miSE
Church
Maria Schnee, Virgen
123 min walk • The list of listed objects in Virgen contains the 24 listed immovable objects in the municipality of Virgen in the district of Lienz.